BIGAMY

A simple and one-word answer to this question is “No”. The Indian Divorce act 1869 along with the Hindu Marriage Act 1955 forbids a person who is already married to have another wife or a husband. According to the law is absolutely illegal to perform a second marriage until the first marriage is valid. It must to be...

India is home to the people belonging to a number of faiths, however the major religions in India being Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. It is needless to say that marriage and divorce happens for people of different faiths differently. Due to this fact, there arose a need to have a law which could regulate...